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Ken N. Kuo MD FACS
EBM Chair Professor & Director, Center for Evidence-Based Medicine,
Taipei Medical University, Taiwan
Visiting Professor, Institute of Population Health Sciences,
National Health Research Institutes, Taiwan
SR publication among Australiasian region
SR = systematic review;
PI = participation index (eg: SRi / SRt);
TBP = total biomedical publications
Chen CF, Lo HL, Tzeng PF, Chiu YW, Chiu WT, Kuo KN: Comparison of the increasing number of published systemic
reviews in selected countries in the Asia-Pacific region, Journal of the Experimental and Clinical Medicine, 2(2):79-86, 2010
Why we need to form EACA? We have similar societal context and
cultural background and healthcare system (either tax based or insurance-based).
We face similar difficulty in promoting systematic review and participating Cochrane activities.
We have specific demand such as language translation for knowledge translation.
South
Asian CC
Chinese
CC
Hong Kong
Branch
Australasain
CC
NZ Branch
Singapore
Branch
Korean
Branch
East Asian
Cochrane Alliance
(EACA)
Chronological events for EACA Time Events Place Note
2007.11.17 1st EACA meeting
Taipei, Taiwan At 2007 Asia Pacific Evidence-Based Medicine Network Conference
Consensus gathering for establishing EACA
2009.10.11 2nd EACA meeting
Singapore At 2009 17th Cochrane Colloquium
Clarifying the focus area of EACA, explored potential academic cooperation issues
2010.9.4 3rd EACA meeting
Taichung, Taiwan At 2010 Taiwan Evidence-Based Medicine Association Annual Conference
Discussing EACA strategic plan draft, initial John Wiley & Sons, Ltd involement.
2011.8.31 4th EACA meeting
Seoul, Korea At Guidelines International Network (G-I-N) 2011 conference
Confirming EACA 2011-2015 strategic plan
2012.1.26 5th EACA meeting
Tokyo, Japan At 2012 the Second Annual Meeting of Japan Epidemiological Association (JEA)
Will discuss translation issue for local clinical trial title and Cochrane glossary
2009 2nd EACA meeting
Front row, left to right: Naohito Yamaguchi, Nick Royle, Ken N. Kuo, Miranda Cumpston, Jin Ling Tang
Back row, left to right: Hsueh Erh Liu, Kiichiro Tsutani, Chieh-Feng Chen, Hyeong Sik Ahn, Edwin SY Chan, Ya-Wen
Chiu, Chun-Ying Wu, Heng-Lien Lo
2011-2015 Strategic Plan Mission 1: To raise awareness of and use of Cochrane
reviews to inform healthcare practice and policy
Mission 2: To build capacity for conducting reviews and contribute to producing high quality healthcare evidence
Mission 3: To provide a platform for information exchange and to contribute to the Cochrane Collaboration's efforts to identify reports of trials in East Asia
Mission 4: To ensure an efficient, sustainable organizational structure for the East Asian Cochrane Alliance
Source: http://eaca.cochrane.org/strategic-plan
Funding and Support
The Australasian Cochrane Centre provides
supervision and technical support to the EACA.
All EACA activities are currently supported by its
alliance on voluntary basis.